Bigjay73
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Where do you hunt? All of my bird hunting is at least a 3 hr drive, not easy to do every weekend. Not looking for specifics just general areas out of curiosity, or are you making that drive every week all season long?
Denver area bird hunters
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Sheltowee
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Wild birds or put and take?
Bigjay73
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Wild
To me heading 3 hours East of the Front Range is not a big deal. Heading West sucks with all of the heavy traffic. One can easily spend 1-2 hours most days traveling North or South thru Denver.
Personally, I go to Kansas as all of the areas I know in CO aren't typically worth the time. I still try and make it 3 day or more trip though. It has been decades since CO has worth a hoot. I did hear from a land owner around Wray/Yuma this year that the hunting pressure was down - but so were the birds. Public land CO birds are some of the smartest birds in the world. It is amazing that even on opening day they can act like they have been hunted hard.
Personally, I go to Kansas as all of the areas I know in CO aren't typically worth the time. I still try and make it 3 day or more trip though. It has been decades since CO has worth a hoot. I did hear from a land owner around Wray/Yuma this year that the hunting pressure was down - but so were the birds. Public land CO birds are some of the smartest birds in the world. It is amazing that even on opening day they can act like they have been hunted hard.
Green Hunter
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I am also very curious! My son wants to get out and chase something... I've never hunted pheasants but it seemed like an adventure for us. It's not worth going after squirrels, they are so small out here.
rideold
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I've switched from hunting in CO to just making trips to South Dakota. A week on the grasslands is equal to years of hunting in Colorado.
